Photo by Leslie Araujo, from the Sun Life Financial Christmas Party, Sun Life Rocks

I thought that rockstars do not really think much when dressing up --- I mean, don't they just grab whatever is in their closet and ruffle their hair a bit? I mean, look at this:

Kurt Cobain

Axle Rose

Probably my favorite ever: Courtney Love

Another favorite: Alanis Morrissette

Dolores O'Riordan

Shirley Manson

Their clothes look so lived in, so in character. Their clothes look like items they wear on a daily basis and well, since I am not a rockstar, that was pretty hard for me to conjure. So I figured I'd grab some of my own stuff {shorts} and whatever catches my fancy a day before the party.

I had my mind set on something like this:

Or this, nevermind that it doesn't look like a rockstar, but more of a rockstar's girlfriend:

I had wanted to dress up in lace badly

but couldn't come up with ones that were appropriate for public appearances.

So I ended up pretty much like this:

I'm With the Band In this photo with friend and colleague Marge, photo by Arren Lateo